[Study of psychological distress and quality of life in patients with oral cancer]

Autor: Shu-Bin, Wang, Shuai-Hua, Qin, Xing-Ming, Li, Wen-Lu, Li, Tai-Qing, Lu
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Shanghai kou qiang yi xue = Shanghai journal of stomatology. 27(5)
ISSN: 1006-7248
Popis: To explore the relationship between the status quo and influencial factors of oral cancer patients and their quality of life.Using the Distress Themometer (DT) and the University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire (UW-QOL), 250 patients admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from October 2016 to September 2017 with oral cancer were investigated. Chi-square test, t test, logistic regression analysis and Spearman correlation analysis were used to analyze the data with SPSS20.0 software package.A total of 250 questionnaires were issued, 239 valid questionnaires were available for analysis. In 239 oral cancer patients, 139 (58.2%) had DT score ≥4. The average total score of UWQOL scale was 53.3±17.1, score4 was noted in 100 patients (41.8%); the average UWQOL scale was 52.8±17.4. Univariate analysis showed that psychological distress was related to age, educational level, income level, pathological stage, jaw resection and recurrence (χOral cancer patients have a higher incidence of psychological distress. Younger patients,and those with maxillectomy and recurrence have more serious symptoms of distress.
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